In a message dated 96-06-21 01:13:41 EDT, [log in to unmask] writes:

<< The Vermeer exhibition did
 quite well at the National Gallery of Art and in Holland with minimal (if
 any) controversy; some people are repelled by controversy.   >>

Ah, but there was controversy! At least at the National Gallery, because the
show was so important, museum donors and benefactors hired their own security
people to staff it during the federal shutdown. See, Positive controversy!

- Adrienne